benign

benign

/bɪˈnaɪn/

🩺 Medical Profession

Not harmful; not malignant

benign in a sentence

“The tumor was benign and required no further treatment.”

Origin of benign

From Latin benignus (kind, well-born), from bene (well) + genus (born)

Related Words

malignant

Cancerous and likely to spread

contraindication

A condition that makes a treatment inadvisable

palliative

Relieving symptoms without curing the underlying condition

remission

Temporary or permanent decrease in disease symptoms

prophylactic

Intended to prevent disease

idiopathic

Of unknown cause